Health in later life

Question 1

When is old

Answer 1

65

Question 2

Primary ageing

Answer 2

Changes in organism that are as a result of passage of chronological time

Question 3

Secondary ageing

Answer 3

Due to a specific disease process as a result of trauma or lifestyle choices

Question 4

How many people over 65 have dementia

Answer 4

6%

Question 5

Heterogeneity

Answer 5

WIth increasing age, people get more and more different from each other: increased heterogeneity

Question 6

Cohort effects

Answer 6

People who have been born in a certain period of time and gone through a certain set of experiences will tend to share similar outlook

Question 7

Whos happier: older people or younger people

Answer 7

Older

Question 8

Chances of diagnosable psychiatric disease … with age

Answer 8

decreases

Question 9

What percentage of older patients with schizophrenia experienced the disorder earlier in life

Answer 9

75%

Question 10

What is the most common mental illness

Answer 10

Dementia and then anxiety

Question 11

What percentage of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease

Answer 11

50% to 70%

Question 12

What fraction of people with dementia are in the developing world

Answer 12

2/3